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  • MT6753 Review – MediaTek’s New 64-bit Octa Core 4G SoC

    MT6753 Review – MediaTek’s New 64-bit Octa Core 4G SoC

    Earlier this year, MediaTek has announced their first few 64-bit SoC solutions including the MT6795, MT6732, MT6735/M, and MT6752, all of which are LTE capable. Recently, a new SoC has been presented in their product roadmap, showing their upcoming releases for the rest of 2014 until 2015.

    In comparison with MT6752

    The MT6753, which is an octa core SoC using the Cortex-A53 architecture, is aimed towards the super-mid market for smartphones. Its clocking frequencies have been downscaled to 1.3GHz – 1.5GHz, as opposed to MT6752’s 1.7GHz – 2.0GHz.

    MT6753 review GPU and camera support

    The MT6753 will be capable of supporting 1080p display resolution, with 1080p video codec, and 16MP cameras. It will be utilizing the same GPU: ARM Mali-T760 series.

    MT6753 review frequency support

    The upgrade from the MT6752 is centered on the networking capabilities. While both are in the mainstream 4G-capable category, the new SoC will make use of the CDMA2000 1x architecture and EVDO standard. This is in addition to the GSM/ WCDMA/ TS-SCDMA/ FDD-LTE/ TDD-LTE capabilities.

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    MediaTek is aiming most of their 64-bit chipsets toward mid range smartphones. The MT6753 is expected to be released in Q2 of 2015, sometime after the MT6735/MT6735M hits the market.

    It is curious to see how the consumers would respond to this set of SoCs. Will these chipsets truly exude a big difference in user experience, so much so that the average consumer would find the need for devices equipped with 64-bit chips?

    Unless the OS and apps that run within these SoCs are already optimized for 64-bit operation, the their higher computing capabilities may not be immediately obvious.

  • MPIE G7 Review Specifications – 4G LTE 2GB/8GB MT6582 Budget Phone

    MPIE G7 Review Specifications – 4G LTE 2GB/8GB MT6582 Budget Phone

    Recently I reviewed the interesting but flawed MPIE 909T. In that review I remarked:

    “I was impressed with the hardware of the phone. (more…)

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G Version

    Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G Version

     

    The fast-growing Xiaomi line of mobile gadgets has officially expanded with the launch and release of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G version.

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  • 4G/LTE MT6582 Landvo L200G Review Specifications

    4G/LTE MT6582 Landvo L200G Review Specifications

    The long awaited production units with MT6290 LTE/4g for MediaTek MT6582 and MT6592 phones are coming very soon. I have written about the MT6290 and its compatibility with MT6582 and MT6592 for several months now and its excellent to see their dawn.landvo-l200gOne of the great things about MT6290 is that manufacturers will be able to easily incorporate 4G into existing models simply by swapping the modem that the SoC relies on.

    One of the first phones to receive MT6290 and be produced is the budget-friendly Landvo L200G.

    www.gearbest.com is running a competition now. The user who guesses closest to their retail pricing will be given a free Landvo L200G phone. Enter your guesses at Chinaphonearena.

    Landvo L200G review SoC, CPU, GPU

    The Landvo L200G is based around an MT6582 SoC. MT6582 contains an ARM Cortex-7 quad-core [email protected] and a Mali-400 MP2 GPU. This is more than enough to run Android smoothly and even enough power to get some decent 3D gaming in.

    Landvo L200G review RAM/ROM storage

    The Landvo L200G will have a solid 1GB of RAM. In combination with the MT6582 SoC, 1GB RAM is plenty enough to run Android smoothly.

    With 4GB ROM this phone is clearly aimed at budget conscious consumers. Nothing wrong with this and it should be enough for most users. The phone will also accept external SD up to 32GB.

    landvo-l200g-reviewLandvo L200G review OS

    Many of the newer China brand phones are beginning to come with Android KitKat 4.4.2, and keeping par with the field Landvo is slated to have KitKat 4.4.2 as well.

    Landvo L200G review LCD

    The Landvo L200G will have a 5.0″ QHD (960*540) display which gives a PPI of 220. Another budget based spec, but it is not the lowest density we have seen. Some of the cheaper 5.0″ phones are coming with displays as low as 800*480.

    The other benefit besides cost savings is increased performance in regards to battery life and 3D/2D.

    Landvo L200G review design

    The official specs from Landvo show the dimensions as 144*72*8.9mm. One thing I am liking is that they have not gone the Samsungish route with this model.

    It presents a fairly square portrait with slightly rounded corners, tops and bottoms. Good for the finger tips and palms. Overall it reminds me of the iOcean X7 in regards to looks.

    Landvo L200G review frequency support

    As is standard, this modem will have quad-band 2G/GSM support of 850/900/1800/1900, 3G/WCDMA support of 850/1900/2100, and support of 4G/LTE 1800/2600 but no 4G/LTE support for America.

    I have been in contact with Landvo and they have confirmed these specs. It’s not all bad — Americans can enjoy full 3G support and Asia/UK/Europe can enjoy 4G support and 3G support on 2100. What is odd here is that Americans will not have any sort of 4G/LTE support, and Europe will be missing out on 900 3G.

    I find it altogether a very odd decision, but there it is.landvo-l200g_2

    Landvo L200G review pricing

    This is the fun part. As of yet, the retail price of the phone is unknown. www.gearbest.com is running a competition now. The user who guesses closest to their retail pricing will be given a free Landvo L200G phone. Enter your guesses at Chinaphonearena. The guessing ends on August 11th.

    Landvo L200G review conclusion

    I like the looks of the phone and being one of the first 4G/LTE MT6582 out the gate I’m very interested to see how this phone performs.

    Only 4GB ROM storage could be a deal breaker for many and given that phones such as the DG550 are coming with 16GB@$160, the Landvo L200G will need to be very competitively priced to be of consideration.

    Assuming the phone is of moderate-excellent build quality, the phone could be a big winner, but we will have to see what the pricing is before I give a full opinion on the specifications of the L200G. I am still shaking my head at the curious decision regarding frequency support, but as already mentioned, it’s not all bad.

    Help to support Gearbest’s contest and head on over now to Chinaphonearena and give your pricing guess in the contest thread.

  • MT6595 GPU Confirmed! Exclusive Flowchart Data From MediaTek

    MT6595 GPU Confirmed! Exclusive Flowchart Data From MediaTek

    Gizbeat has come across some official MTK flowcharts exhibiting a bit about how MTK6595 big.LITTLE will work. The technology which will govern the CPUs is called CorePilot. (more…)